Pine Grove Elementary

Located at 111 Huffstetler Drive, in Columbia, South Carolina, Pine Grove Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus that serves 501 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Richland 01.

Richland 01 runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 21,814 students. Pine Grove Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pine Grove Elementary shows that the largest single group is Black, at 74% of enrollment; the rest consists of 11% Hispanic, 7% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Richland County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,784 per year, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richland County runs 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,410 students), of which Pine Grove Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Carolus Online Academy, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pine Grove Elementary.

Pine Grove Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 501 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 87% to 74% over that span.

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